All posts tagged GigaOm

When tech blog Gigaom announced Monday that it was unable to pay its creditors and would shut down, the media world reacted mostly with shock.

Not only was Gigaom posting as recently as that afternoon — about the Apple Watch event — but the site also didn’t appear to be all that cash-strapped. Its most recent funding round last year raised $8 million, at which point the site’s founder Om Malik gave up his day-to-day role. The site had ramped up efforts to find new revenue streams, such as an events business and research arm. Read More »

It has been a year that has kept the Yahoo press office very busy. And it has been a year full of non-critical looks at a company that has made news for giving iPhones to its employees, rapping remote workers on their knuckles and minor upgrades to once iconic products. Or as a cynic (like me) would say — it is like spraying Chanel No. 5 in a pigsty.